The modal accepts the POST data but does not save it.

Tried printing it out but it doesnt want to show sa command line.
Co-authored-by: pinkboheme <pinkboheme@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Christine <cdeeerrr@users.noreply.github.com>

boodlesite/templates/auction.html

@@ -72,24 +72,31 @@ a{% extends 'boodlesite\templates\base.html' %}
             </div>
 
             <div class="modal-body">
-              <form action="auction/<int:pk>/" method="post">
-
+              <form action="" method="POST">
                 <div class="form-group">
-                  {% csrf_token %}
                   <label for="recipient-name" class="col-form-label">Enter Bid amount:</label>
-                  <form id="form" method="post">
+                        {% csrf_token %} 
+                        {{ form }}
+
                         <input type="number" class="form-control" id="amount">
-                  </form>
                       <!--add an if else statement here re. floor price-->
-                </div>
-              </form>
+                      {% for bid in auction_bids %}
+                        {% if bid.amount > item_floor_price %}
+                        <!--How to make it post the bid and end up in data base and page-->
 
+                        {% else %}
+                          <h4>Please enter a price greater than the item's floor price</h4>
+                        {% endif %}
+                      {% endfor %}
+                </div>
             </div>
 
             <div class="modal-footer">
               <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-dismiss="modal">Cancel</button>
-              <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">Confirm Bid</button>
+              <button type = "submit" class="btn btn-secondary" name = "Submit"> Submit </button>
+              <!-- {% comment %} <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" value="Submit">Confirm Bid</button> {% endcomment %}  -->
             </div> 
+          </form>
 
           </div>
         </div>

main/views.py

 from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
+from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 
 from .models import *
@@ -35,6 +36,12 @@ def auction(request, pk):
 
     auction_item = auction.itemid
 
+    form = PlaceBidForm()
+    # if this is a POST request we need to process the form data
+    if request.method == 'POST':
+        # create a form instance and populate it with data from the request:
+        print("Printing POST: ", request.POST)
+
     print(auction_bids)
     print(type(auction_bids))
     for bid in auction_bids:
@@ -44,7 +51,8 @@ def auction(request, pk):
         'item_name':auction_item.itemname,
         'item_specs': auction_item.itemspecs,
         'auction_bids' : auction_bids,
-        'item_floor_price': auction_item.floorprice
+        'item_floor_price': auction_item.floorprice,
+        'form' : form
         # need to make floor price object here
     }